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Hi. I just noticed our 23-ish week old Sapphire Gem hen has one different colored nail on each foot. In other words, each middle toe is white, and the others are black. She acts perfectly healthy, but I haven’t seen this before in our years of have multiple flocks. Anyone else? I was just curious.

Hello. My heartfelt condolences about your Rosie. I certainly understand. We have a 3 yr old sweet girl who has a large, hard mass in her abdomen, about the size of a baseball. We believe it’s either Salpingitis, or a cyst. She only started hunching and showing any distress over this past...

We have a very sweet 3-yr old Barred Rock hen that has the symptoms of severe salpingitis or an abdominal cyst. We found a lash egg a while back, and through the process of elimination with the rest of the flock, we believe it’s her. We’ve had chickens over the last 10 or so years. She stopped...

Hi. I’ve done three crop surgeries over the years. I stitched two, using Vicryl Plus and a simple continuous running suture. In the last one, I let the incisions heal without sutures. After incising the skin, you slide the incision over and incise the crop, so the two aren’t directly on top of...

Here are some pics, per above.

Hi. Hopefully I can add pictures further down in this thread via my phone. This will be a little long for the sake of being thorough. Some basic background on our girl with the issue: - 3 year old Barred Rock - Great layer until this year - Purchased from TS (only purchasing from breeders...

In answer to what you said, yes, our alpha had died just before our RIR became unusually hyper. Interestingly, we welcomed a handful of new members to our flock last week (5.5 weekers) and our girl immediately settled down to her normal self. I suspect she was anxious, and now is more content...

Hi. I’m wondering if anyone else has a hen that became noticeably hyper all of a sudden. Our girl is a 3 yr old Rhode Island Red. She’s always acted like she’s a toddler - fast, agile, curious, obedient, independent, but still likes to be close to us. Never had any health issues. Our flock...